Daedeok Innopolis, formerly known as Daedeok Science Town, is the research and development district in the Yuseong-gu district in

Daejeon Daejeon () is South Korea's fifth-largest metropolis, with a population of 1.5 million as of 2019. Located in the central-west region of South Korea alongside forested hills and the Geum River, the city is known both for its technology an ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

. Daedeok Innopolis grew out of the research cluster established by President Park Chunghee in 1973 with the opening of the

KAIST The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is a national research university located in Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon, South Korea. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the nation's first public, resear ...

. Over 20 major research institutes and over 40 corporate research centers make up this science cluster. Over the last few years, a number of IT venture companies have sprung up in this region, which has a high concentration of Ph.Ds in the applied sciences. There are 232 research and educational institutions to be found in Daejeon, many in the Daedeok region, among them the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute. The "town" will provide a core for the International Science and Business Belt. The Daedeok Innopolis logo was created by the industrial design company INNO Design in

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, USA.

Institutes

Government agencies

Agency for Defense Development The Agency for Defense Development (ADD) is the South Korean national agency for research and development in defense technology, funded by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). It was established in August 1970 under the banner ...

*Central Branch Office (중부분소), National Forensic Service *Central Research Institute (중앙연구원), Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power *Electric Power Research Institute (전력연구원),

Korea Electric Power Corporation Korea Electric Power Corporation, better known as KEPCO (Hangul: 켑코) or Hanjeon (Hangul: 한전), is the largest electric utility in South Korea, responsible for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and the developme ...

* Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute *

Institute for Basic Science The Institute for Basic Science (IBS; ) is a Korean government-funded research institute that conducts basic science research and relevant pure basic research. IBS was established in November 2011 by the Lee Myung-bak administration as a res ...

*International Intellectual Property Training Institute *

* Korea Aerospace Research Institute *

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) is the national research institute in astronomy and space science of South Korea funded by the South Korean Government. Its headquarters are located in Daejeon, in the Daedeok Science Town. ...

* Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute * Korea Basic Science Institute *Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology *Korea Institute of Energy Research *Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources *Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials *Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control *Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety * Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology *Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine *Korea Institute of R&D Human Resource Development * Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information *Korea Institute of Toxicology * Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology *Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology *

Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) is the national measurement standards laboratory for the Republic of Korea. It is a government-funded institute responsible for providing national measurement standards and advancing m ...

*Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) (hosts

KSTAR The KSTAR (or Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research; ko, 초전도 핵융합연구장치, literally "superconducting nuclear fusion research device") is a magnetic fusion device at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy in Daejeon, So ...

) *National Institute for Mathematical Sciences *National NanoFab Center *National Research Foundation of Korea *National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage *National Security Research Institute *National Urban Research Institute (국토도시연구원),

Korea Land and Housing Corporation Korea Land & Housing Corporation (LH) is a government-owned corporation which is responsible for the development of land in cities, and the maintenance and management of land and housing. Foundation Basis LH was built by law to form the Korea ...

*Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute *Reactor Design Division (원자로설계사업본부), KEPCO E&C *Research Institute of Water Resources (수자원연구원), K-water *Ship & Offshore Plant Research Institute (선박해양플랜트연구소, KRISO), Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology

Public enterprises

*KEPCO Research Institute (전력연구원) * Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation * Korea Nuclear Fuel *National Urban Research Institute (국토도시연구원),

*Research Institute of Water Resources (수자원연구원), K-water

Other science and culture facilities

*Currency Museum of Korea * Expo Science Park *

Geological Museum The Geological Museum (originally the Museum of Economic Geology then the Museum of Practical Geology), started in 1835 as one of the oldest single science museums in the world and now part of the Natural History Museum in London. It transfe ...

* National Science Museum

References

External links

Main website
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